Main Character: Victoria Payton born in London England to a British father and a Caribbean mother, Victoria was always mistaken for a European. Mr.& MRS John Marlowe: Victoria's first employers. Jeff Watson: The rapist, who pretends to be hospitable to Victoria Robert Lumbar: The racist, John Marlowe's friend and Victoria's new employer. Esther Lumbar: The wife of Robert Lumbar, whom he is planning to murder Ethan Lumbar: The son of Robert and Esther Lumbar, whom the Lumbar claims die at birth, but he is living in an orphanage.